Israel Strikes in Syria: What the Future Holds

Israel has carried out its first airstrikes in Syria in nearly a month, saying it hit weapons belonging to the government in retaliation for the firing of two projectiles towards Israel . Rockets fired from Syria for first time in a year; Israel holds Sharaa responsible IDF carries out airstrikes across southern Syria after two projectiles fired from 12 km inside northern neighbor. In the wake of hundreds of reported Israeli air strikes across Syria since 8 December 2024, the Israel Defense Forces’ public confirmation that it built multiple positions in the area of. The Israeli military says it launched strikes on weapons belonging to the Syrian government in southern Syria , hours after two projectiles were fired from Syria into the Israeli-occupied Golan. Israeli airstrikes in Syria overnight between Wednesday and Thursday were aimed at striking “military capabilities that remained at the Syrian bases of Hama and T4, along with additional. Israel’s persistent and escalating attacks – most notably the April 2025 strikes on targets adjacent to al-Shara’s presidential palace – look less preventative and more like an increasingly brazen attempt to goad Syria into a war. Israeli forces advanced several kilometres into southern Syria this week, where they destroyed homes and razed vast acres of land, as Israel 's strikes with Iran entered its second week. Israeli jets conducted several strikes on Syrian military assets in the southern Daraa province Monday, the latest string of strikes targeting the ousted Assad regime’s infrastructure since the. Israel , together with Jordan, Egypt, the UAE, and Saudi Arabia, shares common interests in stabilizing Syria , reducing the risk of further Islamist extremism, countering Iranian entrenchment, and limiting Turkish influence. One promising avenue for cooperation is Syria ’s reconstruction.